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BENJAMIN H. OTIS, OF J OPLIN, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NORA M. OASE, yOF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,546, dated January 14, 1890.

Application led August 6. 1889. Serial No. 319,902. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. Oris, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Joplin, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsv in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in the construction of the frames of gates, doors, Windows, screen-blinds, dac; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a side view of a fencegate embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through the said gate on the line c oc of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a gate, the construction of which illustrates the invention.

B designates the hinge-post of said gate, and O the latch-post thereof. The said posts and the hinges and latch form no part of the present invention, and therefore a detailed description thereof is not necessary.

The gate A is composed of the vertical end bars D D, the former of which adjoins the hin ge-post B, while the latter adj oins the latch-post, and any desired number of intermediate vertical bars E.

F F are the horizontal panel-rails which extend between theend bars D and D. The end bars D D are preferably provided with transverse recesses G to receive and fit upon the ends f of the panel-rails F.

To put together the frame of the gate or door, the end bars D D are put at proper distances apart and the intermediate bars E spaced at proper distances between the said end bars. Heavy wire or iron bars K K secured to the vertical end bars D D near the top and bottom thereof, are passed through metal rings or eyes k la, attached to the bars E, whereby the bars E are securelyheld in place. The ends f of the panel-rails are then inserted in the corresponding recesses G, and

a screw I-I is driven from above into each joint formed by an end f and the corresponding recess G at such an inclination or angle that it will engage or pass through a part of I, between the bars DD and the nuts t', to'

provide a firmer bearing for the nuts and prevent the latter from penetrating the wood. The said washers are of metal and are preferably rectangular.

K K are metal rods or -heavy and thick wires that are passed diagonally to the gate through the hooks or loops t" of the hooked screws I, and extend toward the center of the gate, passing through openings in a metallic ring J that lies over said center. The ends of said rods within the ring are threaded and engaged by nuts j, by means of which the rods can be tightened toward the center of the gate. These rods are bound in place upon the bars D D by turning up the nuts till the hooks or loops t" of the screws I press the said rods tightly against the gate-frame, so that the nuts j will not pull them out of the hooks, but will bind the bars and rails of the gate firmly tog'ether. Should the said bars and rails become loose from wear or strain, they can at any time be tightened upon each other by the rods K, the hook-screws I, the ring J, and nuts j.

The screws H have preferably nicked or notched heads h, so that they can be easily inserted and removed by a suitable instrument, and they bind the ends f of the panelrails closely-in the recesses G of the bars D, D', and E.

The gate as described is of simple and strong construction, can be quickly and easily put up and taken down, and the plane- IOO rails are not weakened or rendered liable to rot by holes or recesses at'any point of their lengths.

It is evident that the invention is as applicable to doors, screen-blinds, or other reetangular structures as it is to gates.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the gate-frame colnf posed of the vertical end bars D D', intermediate bars E, provided with rings or eyes k, tho bars K K', passing through said eyes and secured to the end rails near the top and bottorn thereof, and the panel-rails F, with their ends fitted in recesses G in Jche end bars, of i W. T. FRAZELL. 

